It's The Real Lead Thing

Let's be honest: Coke tastes better when it comes in the form it was intended, in a bottle and with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.

But it's hard to find in that form, unless you're buying Coke imported from Mexico. One problem there: Apparently the lead content from label printed on the bottle means the pause that refreshes may also be the pause that gives you brain damage.

Still, given all of the problems they could be tackling, Mayor Sam finds it odd that City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and State Attorney General Bill Lockyer are spending so much time focusing on the dangers of Mexican Coke:

Delgadillo and Lockyer sued Coca-Cola Monday, seeking to stop distribution of the Mexican product in California over concerns about the product's alleged lead content. Elevated levels of lead have been detected in the paint used to decorate the outside of the glass bottles, as well as in the drink itself, the lawsuit alleges.

"Millions of bottles of this product have been handled and consumed by Californians over the past four years without any warning of the danger they pose,'' the lawsuit states.

We don't need Delgadillo or Lockyer to tell us what kind of soda to drink, what video games to let our kids play or any other of the ridiculous, nutty, high profile causes these politicians take on.

Delgadillo, as you may know, is battling Jerry Brown in the primaries next month to run for State Attorney General.